A form resolution signed by Unemployed Councils, Branch 1, identifying itself as a "Local Anti-Fascist Conference" on December 10, 1933. The resolution heeds the "call of the I.L.D." in protesting the "outrageous procedure and conduct of the...

A letter from a "friend and well wisher" to Governor Miller. J. A. Hendrix congratulates the governor on his performance in office so far and praises him for having great courage. He writes in detail that he agrees with the governor on the "school"...

A letter from a university acquaintance of Governor Miller. She encloses and explains a clipping that reports of African Americans being lynched or burned "down there." She asks Governor Miller to take this up and correct this false impression of...

A letter from a World War I veteran to Governor Miller. He wonders why African Americans in the United States may fight for justice but receive none at home. He asks the governor to give justice to African Americans.

A letter from Harry Emerson Fosdick, pastor of the historic, inter-denominational Riverside Church, to Governor Miller. In the letter, Fosdick expresses concern about Scottsboro and sympathies for the interference of self-interested communist...

A letter from the Delta Sigma Theta sorority to Governor Miller. The letter asks that Governor Miller free the Scottsboro Boys at once and do away with lynch law. They ask him to uphold justice as the eyes of the world are on Alabama.

A letter from the Jackson County Organization of Colored Voters to Governor Miller that asks him to exercise his power in the Scottsboro case and to treat the nine boys like fellow human beings. They ask the governor to support the Constitution of...

A letter from the mother of one of the Scottsboro Boys, Olen Montgomery, to Governor Miller. Viola Montgomery writes to Governor Miller to plead with him for a retrial for her son, as she has prayed to God, raised money, and does not know what else...

A letter from the South African Trades and Labour Council to Governor Miller. The letter asks that the Scottsboro Boys be given a new trial, based on new facts which have come to light. Standing for "the interests of the working class not only in...

A letter from two Puerto Rican communists that pleads with the Governor to postpone the execution of the Scottsboro Boys. The letters makes the case for postponement by advocating against the death penalty in all contexts and asks the governor to...

A letter recorded by the secretary of the Farmers Educational League in Canada and mistakenly addressed to Governor Miller in Birmingham instead of Montgomery. The league protests against the legal lynching of the Scottsboro Boys, and believes them...

A letter to Governor Miller and a copy of her letter to Thomas E. Knight, Jr., Attorney General. The sender asks that Governor Miller move the Scottsboro Boys' trial to Birmingham so that they may be given a fair trial.

A letter to Governor Miller from a senior in high school. He writes that a student in his class with radical ideas swayed his classmates to believe that an African American cannot achieve justice in the South. He asks Governor Miller to refute this...

A letter to Governor Miller from an attorney. Bernard Breitbart quotes, from an article in the New York Times, an anti-Semitic comment made by prosecutor Wade Wright. Breitbart writes that attorneys know trials must be impartial and that a...

A letter to Governor Miller that asks him to let the law run its course. Charlotte Fox writes that women are no match for men in a physical altercation and they they need the law to defend them. She wants the Scottsboro Boys to pay the penalty, and...

A letter to Governor Miller that asks him to use his influence to give the Scottsboro Boys a just trial. Luke Osburn writes that he does not criticize the state of Alabama and he is not particularly interested in the Scottsboro Boys themselves, but...

A letter to Governor Miller that quotes Ruby Bates' confession that the Scottsboro Boys' never accosted her. Stokowski asks the governor to release the Scottsboro Boys and give them a safe conduct home if this is true, but admits that it is hard to...

A letter to Governor Miller. L. H. Goodshaw questions the handling of the Scottsboro Boys and other prisoners in the Alabama jail system. He wonders why the guards do not do a better job of protecting them, or if they have other inmates accost...

A letter to the Governor of Alabama. It mentions that railroad veterans believe that women who ride trains are vagrants and prostitutes who cannot compete with the prostitutes in cities. It asks Governor Miller to see to it that justice prevails in...

A letter to the governor that asks him to exert his influence. They write that America would be like the Nazis of Germany or the despots of Russia if it did not ensure that everyone had a fair trial and sound evidence. They also write of a similar...

A letter, inspired from a religious dream, sent to Governor Miller. Norma H. Hargrave begs the governor in God's name not to persecute the Scottsboro Boys unless he is absolutely positive of their guilt. She describes her dream, and asks him to...

A resolution from Workers Ex-servicemen's League, Staten Island Post No. 174--a branch of an international veterans organization with ties to the Communist Party. Reacting to the Haywood Patterson verdict at the March 1933 trial in Decatur, the...

A telegram from the Committee for Deliverance of the Victims of Scottsboro signed by a group of Berlin-based intellectuals--"Professor Albert Einstein, Thomas Mann, Kaete Collwitz, Alfons Goldschmidt, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Karl von Ossietzky." The...

Advertisement seeking two hundred "negro mechanics and laborers" to work at the foundry in Selma, Alabama; board, clothing, and medical service will be provided. The ad also asks for fifteen men to work on a steamboat on the Alabama River, and it...

At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the letter Ada...

At the start of the Civil War, Dent was a 1st lieutenant of the Eufaula Rifles, which became Company B of the 1st Alabama Infantry; he was eventually promoted to captain and commanded Dent's Battery (formerly Robertson's Battery). In the letter...

At the time of this correspondence, Denson was serving on the Public Roads and Highways Committee of the Alabama Senate. The first letter is a copy of the questionnaire; the recipient wrote his answers in the margins and sent the page back to...

Bate served as chairman of the Association of the Medical Officers of the Army and Navy of the Confederacy. In the letter he asks Weedon to attend the organization's eighth reunion. A transcript is included.

Beck, a farmer in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, asks for financial assistance. He explains that he has unsuccessfully applied for relief while other people, whose situations are better than his, have received it. In the second letter, Covington says that...

Copy of an advertisement published in The New York Times by the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South. The ad describes nonviolent civil rights demonstrations across the South, specifically mentioning a...

Dickinson writes while traveling through the Alabama to settle claims before going to New York. He asks Dellet to collect money owed him by B. F. Porter; because Porter has land and slaves, Dickinson thinks he should have no trouble paying the debt.

During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the "private letter" ("let nobody see it"), he explains that he has unsuccessfully tried to get a discharge from service because of a medical condition. He asks his father to...

During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he asks his father to consult a lawyer and try to secure his discharge from the service. He has a medical condition that makes it difficult for him to perform his...

During the Civil War, Alex served in the 2nd and 3rd Alabama Cavalry. In the letter he sends news of mutual acquaintances; asks about conditions at home; and describes the weather in camp. He also discusses his brother's plans to join the military:...

During the Civil War, Alfred Moore served in the 33rd Alabama Infantry Regiment. In the letter he mentions troop movement after the Confederate loss at Corinth, Mississippi: "Our leaving Ky. I think was brought about by our defeat at Corinth, which...

During the Civil War, Chambliss served in Goldthwaite's Battery. In the letter he asks for a furlough and explains that he has "furnished an approved recruit" to serve during his absence. Following the letter are two certificates, one from a...

During the Civil War, Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter he writes that there has been a recent outbreak of mumps and measles in camp and asks Elizabeth to send "a pair of pants as near the coller of our...

During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, Danielly asks his father to give messages to the families of several other men. He also writes that most of the men in his regiment...

During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, Elizabeth sends brief messages from each of their children and asks him to write "every chance you have for that is all the pleasure...

During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, he asks Elizabeth to send his winter clothes and encourages her to take responsibility for the management of the family farm: "I...

During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, he asks his wife to make him a new frock coat and thanks his father and wife for sending a package containing brandy and cakes. He...

During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, he asks Mary to "write again soon & tell me who is yours & Susan sweet hearts if you have any." [Original spelling retained].

During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this letter, he discusses camp life and mentions waiting for a delivery of clothes from the quartermaster. In a postscript to his sister-in-law,...

During the Civil War, Francis McDade Danielly was a member of the 14th Alabama Infantry, Company K. In this note, he promises his daughter Mathy that he will make a ring for her if she will be good "and learn to read for her Pa when he gets home if...

During the Civil War, George White serviced in Company H of the 26th Alabama Infantry regiment. In this letter, he asks his brother to send him a pair of boots. He also writes that whiskey is scarce in camp is scarce and expensive, selling for $15...

During the Civil War, Henry Semple served as a captain of an artillery battery organized in Montgomery (known as Semple's Battery). He was later appointed a major and transferred to Mobile. In the letter Dickinson asks Semple to look after his...